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Board Agenda: The Macro Memo
The Macro Memo is an essential briefing for UK corporate leaders, offering timely insights into the geopolitical and macro-economic forces shaping today’s business environment. Produced by Board Agenda, the corporate goverrnance news and intelligence resource, this podcast series is published in association with Forvis Mazars, the global auditing, accounting and advisory business. In each episode, we explore the impact of global trends, from economic policies to political shifts, and how they translate into risks and opportunities for businesses. Stay ahead of the curve with The Macro Memo—your guide to understanding the global factors that drive local business strategy.
Board Agenda: The Macro Memo
The chief executive of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI), Patricia Harned, on rising unethical behaviour, reporting and retaliation
In this podcast episode of Board Agenda we focus on the issue of ethics in the workplace and discuss the findings of a new global survey which finds that pressure on employees to compromise standards has increased significantly during the pandemic, in the US and in 10 other countries around the world, including the UK.
The research is from the Ethics and Compliance Initiative, and we discuss the findings with chief executive Patricia Harned.
Many firms have been vocal about well-being of their employees, but the evidence from this study shows that workplace conditions, during the pandemic, including flexible working, has increased pressure, and compromised standards among employees, particularly middle management. The risks for boards and leadership teams are evident.
